Stainton, Middlesbrough

Stainton is a village on the south bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England, and in the Middlesbrough, governed by Middlesbrough Council. It is in the local ward and civil parish of Stainton and Thornton, and had a population of approximately 2,300 as of 2005, measured at 2,890 in the 2011 census.[1]

Stainton

Stainton Church
Stainton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population2,890 (2011)
OS grid referenceNZ480142
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMIDDLESBROUGH
Postcode districtTS8
PoliceCleveland
FireCleveland
AmbulanceNorth East

History

Stainton is one of the few areas within the boundaries of modern-day Middlesbrough to have been named in the Domesday Book of 1086. Indeed, it has been a settlement since pre-Saxon times, while its name reveals it to have been an area of Scandinavian residence.

Stainton Church dates back to the 12th century. The Stainton Inn pub, on Meldyke Lane, was first licensed in 1897, celebrating its centenary in 1997.[2] Stainton Quarry straddles Stainton Beck, between the villages of Stainton and Thornton in Middlesbrough. A footbridge joins it to Kell Gate Green on the other side of the beck. These countryside sites provide three hectares of community-run open green space for local people.[3]

Notable people
  • The parents of the navigator Captain James Cook, James Cook and Grace Pace, were married in the Stainton parish church on 10 October 1725, and the parish register survives.[4] James Cook, the explorer, was born at nearby East Marton three years later.
  • William Fawcett, the writer on horses, hunting and racing, was the son of Sir William Fawcett, of The Grange, Stainton, and was a native of the parish.[5]

References
  1. "Middlesbrough ward population 2011". Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. "The Stainton". Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  3. "Kell Gate Green". Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  4. Thornton, Cliff (2006). Captain Cook in Cleveland. Tempus Publishing Limited.
  5. 'Fawcett, William', in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1)

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